User talk:BetacommandBot

If you are here to register a complaint regarding this bot's edits, before doing so please note:

There is a very clear policy regarding having fair use rationales on fair use images. This policy is located at Wikipedia:Non-free content criteria point #10(c). Rationales must be provided for each use of an image. Also please see Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline.
We do not permit fair use, copyrighted images to exist on Wikipedia if rationales for that image's use are not provided. Please see Wikipedia:Criteria_for_speedy_deletion#Images.2Fmedia #6. Also please see the Wikimedia Foundation's resolution on this matter at m:Resolution:Licensing policy point #4.
For quite some time, we have attempted to encourage people to provide rationales. The results of this effort have been dismal at best.
The creator of this bot has come under fire for performing this work manually. One of the main complaints is that the effort to tag images could just as readily be spent providing rationales. This is not the case; the uploader and/or user of each fair use image is the person who should provide the rationale. A non-involved editor can not know under what principles the user of an image intended such use as fair use.
The use of fair use, copyrighted images on the Wikimedia servers is covered by United States law. Our policies with respect to this bot's actions are based on that law. Please see Fair_use#Purpose_and_character.
Bug reports are very welcome; tagging images as this bot is doing per policy is not a bug.

Favorite statements about ORFU images:

Thank you for the message, Mr. Bot, but you have to understand that this image was used in an article, but the article got deleted. PK 18:19, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Hello visitors

Just a friendly reminder that if the bot didn't remind you, you'd wonder why your image just vanished without any sort of warning. Also, you're still required to be civil here. The bot may not have feelings (though I betcha Betacommand is working on that...) but the creator sure does. Thanks! ~Kylu (u|t) 04:40, August 21, 2007 (UTC)

Added fair use rationale

I added a fair use rationale tag to this picture Image:John madden football.jpg (cover art) -Bonus Onus 03:42, 7 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed issues with the image. Suva Чего? 04:04, 7 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Image:Masque of the Red Death (screenshot).jpg

I have clarified the fair use rationale. --victor falk 11:16, 7 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Image:NBB Album Cover.jpg

I have added fair use rational to this image. I hope it is okay now! Thanks! Josborne2382 11:42, 7 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Image:Northern bank logo.png

I have added a fair use rationale as required to Image:Northern bank logo.png. Hope it's OK now - please don't delete! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cnbrb (talk • contribs) 11:53, 7 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bot misfiring

Once again, shut it off with the automated messages. Londo06 13:49, 7 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

where is the bot making errors? β^_command 13:50, 7 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Netscape-logo.png

Thanks for uploading Image:Netscape-logo.png. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Wikipedia:Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot 07:12, 7 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Can you please, please get your bot to just notify you when it flags something it thinks I've uploaded as unsourced or whatnot. I never, ever upload images other than to improve the compression and thus never know where the image came from, or anything about it other than the pre-compression filter and what it looks like. I suggest, as always, to actually notify the uploader of this, I feel it is terribly unfair to just delete images without notifying the actual uploader. --Tene 15:39, 7 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The original uploader was also notified. The bot cannot tell the significance of your involvement, and even if it could it would not know your level of interest. I am not sure how the bot decides who to notify, but the first upload seems to always be amongst them. 1 != 2 15:45, 7 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

wrongful removal

this bot removed a school logo that i had uploaded.

What will satisfy you ???????

BetacommandBot keeps telling me that there is a problem with the images that I supply. That "there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid". I've done my best within the Wiki guidelines, I believe, to provide justification for their use, but I do not think that the program has even considered them. Is this a serious use of a program or is it simply a means of being a pest? If so well done, but a joke's a joke.--Marktreut 16:46, 7 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Please read WP:NFURG β^_command 16:50, 7 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Operation Neptune Title Screen

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Is this a correct tag? --Mooshykris 17:06, 7 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

yeah β^_command 17:07, 7 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, so have I finally got the correct format on how to cite my images? (If so, I will add this to all of my image uploads.) --Mooshykris 17:09, 7 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fair-Use for Image:Mrs. Load.jpg

I recently added a fair-use tag for Image:Mrs. Load.jpg. I also added one for Image:Lizzie McGuire Xmas.jpg. ----DanTD 19:33, 7 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Would there be any way to consolidate messages?

I note that on both his user page and talk page, User:Blofeld of SPECTRE has indicated his recent discouragement and that he may have left permanently. I think the fact that you right now have 37 messages for him on his talk page might conceivably have been a factor. In cases like these, would there be any way to revise your specs such that you maybe left editors who contribute so many images only, say, one message a day, listing all the images contested? I think that would probably be a lot less, dare I say annoying, to editors who contribute so many images as that party. Just a suggestion, anyway. John Carter 19:47, 7 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fair Use Rational Added for Image:Floreelogo.gif

Hello. I have added a rationale for Image:Floreelogo.gif. Please let me know if it is or is not sufficient. Thank you for your diligence! -RobbyPrather (talk) 21:43, 7 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]